Protest du Jour: Security guards want a contract

A rally to support newly organized security guards as they negotiate their first contracts is expected to bring several labor-friendly groups together downtown this afternoon, including students from the UW who plan to commit “civil disobedience.”

If it goes as billed, the spectacle should gain attention from police, as well as the public who, no doubt, will wonder what it’s about. Basically, the area’s big security companies have been negotiating with their employees for more than a year. Management and their guards go back to the table Tuesday.

The protest is scheduled for today, Monday, 4 p.m. at Fifth Avenue and Columbia Street in Seattle.